Good day for Lieberman
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Lieberman: We'll win next time
Israel Our Home activists overjoyed after polls predict party will become Israel's third largest; party head Lieberman: We'll win next time
(VIDEO) Cries of joy filled the headquarters of the Israel Our Home party at the Jerusalem Gates Hotel in the capital Tuesday evening, after election poll results were announced.
"I'm glad we became the largest party in the national camp, and I'm certain that next time we will be Israel's ruling party," party Chairman Avigdor Lieberman told the cheering activists.
Israel Our Home celebration (Video: Eddie Boy)
"For us, this is only the beginning. This triumph marks the start of the struggle for Israel's future," he added.
Major-General (Ret.) Yitzhak Aharonovitch, number eight on the party's Knesset list, said that when the election campaign first started and he was told he would be ranked eight, he did not believe this was a realistic spot.
"Now look what we've achieved," he stated.
Several minutes before the polls were released by the different television channels, cakes were brought to the tables and everyone prepared for the big winner's arrival. In the meantime, Israel Our Home's number two, Knesset Member Yuri Shtern, hinted he and his party members were after the Internal Security Ministry if they were to join a coalition.
"We were true to our way and our people, and this has led us to this accomplishment," Shtern said.
The party's number four, Yosef Shagal, added that in the next elections, the party will grow even bigger.
"We made history today. We want to be in the coalition in order to realize our strength," he stressed.
Another party member who will probably become a Knesset member is former Shin Bet Deputy Chief Yisrael Hasson, who said that the achievement was "impressive but obliging."
